As long as these companies are not testing on animals - there are alternative means available - then I say go for it. If they are utilizing animal testing, the company should be taken to court, ordered to stop immediately, fined an exorbitant amount of money and shut down. If a company is truly concerned with health - whether that of an animal or of a human - the company would not partake of animal testing. Again, there are alternative measures. There is no difference between an animal in a shelter or your own pet; all animals have nervous sensory that produces pain. I'm all about capitalism, but not at the expense of innocent creatures.

3:21 am September 21, 2010

Anonymous wrote :

CATMOM6, could you elaborate on these alternatives you are proposing and then back it up with valid data and references?

2:22 pm September 21, 2010

Anonymous wrote :

Dear CATMOM6, I am sure that you will not have the same opinion if your own child is seriously ill and you rely on animal testing to get a cure. "These companies" are doing a lot to reduce the number of animal tests, but in most disease areas it is is the best possible model before testing in humans during trials.

1:54 pm September 23, 2010

Belinda wrote :

As if farmers need Pfizer to tell them how to feed their animals. There are two kinds of animal farmers, those who raise critters as cheaply as possible for slaughter and those who keep and care for their animals for many years for milking and such things.

As I doubt anyone has forgotten the talk about taxes per head and gaseous emissions from animals, watch them lobby congress to offer their solutions as a better alternative. And they will win this position in congress. As it is they are vaccinating fish. FISH!

Do some reading about codex. Then look into Bextra and Neurontin. Do we really want a chemical manufacturer that involved in our food supply?

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